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Commission Opens Consultation on Family Farming
2013-08-06 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - The European Commission has launched an e-consultation on the future of family farming.
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Can Farming Provide a Solution to Climate Change?
2013-08-05 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: When the heavy rains came to Iowa this spring, corn farmer Dave Miller tilled the rolling portions of his 255-hectare plot. Cutting into the soil slows runoff and, particularly, prevents water from gouging big gullies in the fertile but softly held land. A few years back such tilling would have cost him money, thanks to an attempt to pair farmers improving the carbon management of their soils and companies looking to reduce pollution. "We know that raising soil organic matter is good for soil, good...
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Jatropha Carbon Farming Could Lower Atmospheric CO2 Levels
2013-07-31 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The large-scale planting of jatropha trees in the worlds arid regions could help reduce atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide, a new study says. Using computer models and data from plantations in Egypt, India, and Madagascar, a team of German scientists calculated that plantations of the durable, scrubby jatropha which can also be used as a biofuel could capture 17 to 25 tons of carbon dioxide per hectare annually. Jatropha is particularly suited for so-called carbon farming because it can...
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Progress in Farming Sector Assessed by Committee
2013-07-31 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
SOUTH AFRICA - The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries will continue with a week-long oversight visit to various farming areas in the Free State to assess progress made by government.
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Whos killing the bees? New study implicates virtually every facet of modern farming
2013-07-26 17:37:48| Extremetech
Everything from chemistry to beekeeping seems to contribute, and that has big implications for big business.
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